Garment hanger



July 22, 1941. AN OVE 2,250,245

GARMENT HANGER V Filed Nov. 29, 1939 In ventor W422 oa'a By Maw-W 19m Aitorneys Patented July 22, 1941 UITED STATES ATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGERWilliam H. Angove, Hazleton, Pa.

Application November 29, 1939, Serial No. 396,728

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in garmenthangers.

An object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger which may beused to hang garments on a clothes line when it is desired to air them.

Another object is to provide a garment hanger which, when supported on aclothes line, will be held against lateral movement on the line therebypreventing the contact of the supported garment with clothes line propsor other obstacles and prevent soiling of the garments.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent froma study of the following detail description, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing, wherein like characters of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional View taken substantially onthe lin 2-2 of Figure 1, and v Figure 3 is a perspective view of theclothes line clamping members.

Referring now to the drawing, in detail, it will be seen that thereference numeral 5 designates a length of wire rod bent intermediat itsend 7 portions to form a substantially elongated loop.

The ends of the wire rod 5 pass through openings 6 and 1 in a plate 8and are swaged to secure the same in the openings as shown at 9 inFigure 2 of the drawing.

The plate 8 is elongated and is constructed of metal or other suitablematerial and has an opening It at its top end portion and a squareopening intermediate the end portions thereof.

A clothes line clamping member |2 is constructed of metal or othersuitable material, and has a groove |3 intermediate its ends, and anopening l4 through its top end portion whil its bottom end portion isbent outwardly as at [5. This clamping member I2 is releasably securedto the plate 8 through the medium of a bolt l6 which passes through theopenings H and I4,

when the same are in alignment, and is held in clamping position by awing nut I! which is engaged on the bolt l6.

A length of wire rod is bent to form a hook l3 having a shank l9 whichis swingably secured to the plate 8 through the medium of an eye 20formed thereon.

When the device is used to support garments in a closet or the like thegarments are draped over the looped portion and the hook I8 is used aswith conventional coat hangers, but when it is desired to air thegarments th device is supported on a clothes line 2| with the line 2|passing between the plate 8 and member l2 and seated in the groove 3.With the device supported on the line 2| in this manner the same willstay in fixed position on the line. The wing nut I1 is unscrewed fromthe bolt IE to place the members l2 and 8 about th line 2| and thenscrewed on again to force the members I2 and 8 together about the line2|.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire tolimit the application of the invention thereto, and any chang or changesmay be made in the materials and in the structure and arrangement of theparts, within the spirit of the invention as claimed.'

What is claimed is:

In a device of the character described a garment hanger including anelongated plate having laterally spaced openings in its bottom endportion and further having vertically spaced openings in its top endportion, a substantially oval looped wire rod member having its endportions bent and extending through the laterally spaced openings in thebottom end portion of said plate with heads on the ends of said wirerod, a grooved member having an opening therein mounted on one side ofsaid plate, a headed screw threaded member extending through one of saidvertically spaced openings in the top end portion of said plate andthrough the opening in said grooved member with the same depending fromsaid screw threaded member, and a winged nut engaged on said screwthreaded member to releasably hold said grooved member in clampingposition against said elongated plate to clamp the plate to aclothesline.

WILLIAM H. ANGOVE.

